The Logistics Podcast

As one of the UK’s supermarket giants, ASDA knows that product availability is key. The automated case picking system at their distribution centre in Warrington ensures that they can deliver the right quantity of products at the right time to keep customer retention up.

In this conversation with Jon Parry, Vice President of ASDA Logistics Services, and Gary Stubbs, Managing Director UK – Warehouse Solutions for Vanderlande, you can expect a deep dive into how the automated case picking system has improved operations and increased efficiency.

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In this latest episode of SHD Headlines, Editor James Burman and Property Editor David Thame guide listeners through the top and trending logistics and supply chain stories from the past month.

This month's stories include:

• 56% felt 'out-of-stocks' worse now than at the start of the pandemic
• The industry comments on Chancellor’s Spring Statement
• Transaid launches Hadrian’s Cycleway Challenge
• Property update

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With tens of millions in forced labour around the world, it is likely that most businesses will have some form of exploitation in their supply chain.

In this special Let’s Talk Logistics episode, we examine how to recognise the tell-tale signs of exploitation and how to develop your own Modern Slavery Statement with Thea Cooper, Business Account Manager with the anti-slavery charity Unseen UK.

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Want to keep up with UK's Logistics and Intralogistics sector news? Check out https://www.shdlogistics.com/ for the latest news, industry views, as well as the latest product innovations.

In this special episode, SHD Logistics Editor James Burman talks to Andrei Danescu and Oana Jinga, two of the co-founders of BotsandUs, a robotics company based in London.

We hear more about Mim, a robot that automates two essential processes within the warehousing environment, as Andrei and Oana explain how this fully autonomous robot collects real-time data and digitise spaces.

The interview is part of The Logistics Report: Automation, March 2022

In this latest episode of SHD Headlines, Editor James Burman and Property Editor David Thame guide listeners through the top and trending logistics and supply chain stories from the past month.

The stories featured include:

• Many businesses still have no sustainability strategy, according to new research
• Minister for Employment encourages people to join the ‘brilliant’ warehousing sector
• UK road freight prices 15% up on start of 2021, amid record inflation

This week, we take a deep dive into the future of warehouse automation. Rueben Scriven, Senior Analyst at Interact Analysis, details the best strategic technological investments for your business and highlights some real-world examples of how to adapt to the e-commerce boom.

In this special episode, we hear more of the interview between SHD Logistics Editor James Burman and Dr Nicholas Head, Environmental & Sustainability Lead at XPO Logistics, as featured in The Logistics Report February 2022.

New to his role, Nick has a fresh and positive outlook on the environmental initiatives that a major 3PL like XPO Logistics is adopting.

In this latest episode of SHD Headlines, Editor James Burman and Property Editor David Thame guide listeners through the top and trending logistics and supply chain stories from the past month.

The stories featured include:

• Labour’s shadow science minister's comments about warehousing
• The new Plastic Packaging Tax implementation
• A new Transaid driver training project in Ghana
• Property update
• In memory of Richard Sadler

In this episode, we discuss how people must be fully integrated with your automation strategy. According to a recent poll, around half of logistics businesses have invested in automation as a result of the pandemic. Polly Mitchell Guthrie, VP of Industry Outreach and Thought Leadership at Kinaxis, details how to avoid hitting a wall with your automation efforts by creating a system that allows people and technology to support and grow alongside each other.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of securing your business against the threat of cyber criminals. Since logistics is a part of the critical national infrastructure, it is a prime target for ransomware attacks. Sarb Sembhi, CISM, CTO & CISO for Virtually Informed, details the threat of cybersecurity to logistics companies and offers practical advice for protecting your business from hackers.